Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again!

Was Roy famous for being good at something?
Was Roy famous for something that someone else did to or about him?
Was Roy’s fame primarily the result of luck?

Was at least one of the children famous for being good at something?
Was at least one of the children famous for something that someone else did to or about them?
Was at least one of the children’s fame primarily the result of luck?

Were all of the parties involved conscious for at least some of the time of their fame?
Were all of the parties involved mentally competent for at least some of the time of their fame?

Were the children in the entertainment industry? Was Roy?

After they were separated, did they live in different countries?

Did their separation involve a war? The Holocaust?

reply to Chronos:

Was Roy famous for being good at something? Yes
Was Roy famous for something that someone else did to or about him? Sort of
Was Roy’s fame primarily the result of luck? I am not sure I would put it that way and I doubt Roy would :slight_smile:

Was at least one of the children famous for being good at something?Not that I can think of offhand…
Was at least one of the children famous for something that someone else did to or about them? **Sort of **
Was at least one of the children’s fame primarily the result of luck? No

Were all of the parties involved conscious for at least some of the time of their fame? No
Were all of the parties involved mentally competent for at least some of the time of their fame? Yes

reply to Fretful Porpentine:

Were the children in the entertainment industry? No. But I bet they put on a show a time or two. Was Roy? No

After they were separated, did they live in different countries? Yes

Did their separation involve a war? The Holocaust? No. Nothing like that.

Okay, let me clarify. This is not a “true” story because it did not actually happen. But prepare to be shocked anyway. I was. :wink:

So at least one of these people was NOT conscious during any of the time they were famous, but WAS mentally competent for at least some of the time they were famous? Do I have that right?

**edited answer: The children were at some point later in the entertainment industry and paradoxically that makes them famous yet it is probably not why you know who they are. **

** I read the question from Chronos wrong. Sorry

Roy was not conscious for a couple of days once, but other than that everyone was conscious. I misread it as asking if the folks involved were conscious of their fame, which they were not until they were. Ugh.**

Are/were Roy and the children human?

Yes

Were the children famous before Roy was famous?

Were the children triplets?

Did the children become famous after they and Roy were living in different countries? Did Roy become famous after they separated?

How old were the children when they became famous? Infancy? School age? Adult?

Yeah, I was trying to get at the possibility that one of them didn’t know of the fame of the other because they were in a coma, or infants, or something like that.

Were the children famous collectively?
Did the children know of each others’ fame?
By “famous”, we mean that there was a significant number of people who knew of the father, and a significant number of people who knew of the children, right? Was there significant overlap between those two sets of people? (as opposed, say, to one being famous in one country, the other being famous in another, and very few knowing of both)

Oh, also:

Are these people well-known fictional characters?

reply to Cheesesteak:

Were the children famous before Roy was famous? No is the answer most people would give, though in another way yes.

Were the children triplets? No

Did the children become famous after they and Roy were living in different countries? Yes
Did Roy become famous after they separated? Yes

How old were the children when they became famous? Infancy? No School age? Yes Adult? ** No, though in another way yes.**

and to clarify a response to you earlier, the children were actually Roy’s, not adopted by Roy. But after they were separated the children were adopted by someone else.

reply to Chronos:

Yeah, I was trying to get at the possibility that one of them didn’t know of the fame of the other because they were in a coma, or infants, or something like that. No to comas or infancy

Were the children famous collectively? Yes
Did the children know of each others’ fame? No, but then later yes
By “famous”, we mean that there was a significant number of people who knew of the father, and a significant number of people who knew of the children, right? Yes Was there significant overlap between those two sets of people? (as opposed, say, to one being famous in one country, the other being famous in another, and very few knowing of both) Yes, much overlap.

Yes

You keep on answering ambiguously about when they were famous. Is this because…

…of a disparity between when they were famous to other denizens of their fictional world, compared to when they were famous in our world?
…of a difference in time between when their fictional work was set, vs. the time when it was known in our world?

reply to Chronos

You keep on answering ambiguously about when they were famous. Is this because…

…of a disparity between when they were famous to other denizens of their fictional world, compared to when they were famous in our world? Yes
…of a difference in time between when their fictional work was set, vs. the time when it was known in our world? No

The children were fictional characters known to us because of fictional works they were in. They then entered the entertainment industry in their fictional world, and their characters were now styled as famous in their world.

Roy was also a fictional character, the parent of these children, but is not famous to us for the same works of fiction as his children. He has his own works of fiction where we recognize him from.

Yes